Leviticus 14

1 And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, This is the custom of a leprouse man,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 whanne he schal be clensid. He schal be brouyt to the preest,

This is the rite for a leper, when he is to be cleansed. He shall be brought to the priest,

3 which preest schal go out of the castels, and whanne he schal fynde that the lepre is clensid,

who, departing from the camp, when he has found the leprosy to be cleansed,

4 he schal comaunde to the man which is clensid, that he offre for hym silf twei quyke sparewis, whiche it is leueful to ete, and a `tree of cedre, and vermylyoun, and isope.

shall instruct him who is to be purified to offer for himself two living sparrows, which it is lawful to eat, and cedar wood, and vermillion, and hyssop.

5 And the preest schal comaunde that oon of the sparewes be offrid in `a vessel of erthe,

And he shall order that one of the sparrows be immolated in an earthen vessel over living waters.

6 on quyke watris; sotheli he schal dippe the tother sparewe quyk with the `tre of cedre, and with a reed threed and ysope, in the blood of the sparewe offrid,

But the other living one, with the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, he shall dip in the blood of the immolated sparrow.

7 with which he schal sprenge seuensithis hym that schal be clensid, that he be purgid riytfuli; and he schal delyuere the quyk sparewe, that it fle in to the feeld.

And he shall sprinkle him who is to be cleansed seven times, so that he may be purified justly. And he shall release the living sparrow, so that it may fly away into the field.

8 And whanne the man hath waische hise clothis, he schal schaue alle the heeris of the bodi, and he schal be waischun in watir, and he schal be clensid, and he schal entre in to the castels; so oneli that he dwelle without his tabernacle bi seuene daies;

And when the man will have washed his clothes, he shall shave all the hair from his body, and he shall be washed with water. And having been purified, he shall enter into the camp, only to this extent: that he may remain outside his own tent for seven days.

9 and that in the seuenthe dai he schaue the heeris of the heed, and the beerd, and brewis, and the heeris of al the bodi. And whanne the clothis and bodi ben waischun,

And on the seventh day he shall shave the hair of his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, as well as the hair of his entire body. And having washed his clothes again, and his body,

10 eft in the eiyetithe dai he schal take twei lambren without wem, and a scheep of o yeer without wem, and thre dymes of wheete flour, in to sacrifice, which be spreynte with oile, and bi it silf a sextarie of oyle.

on the eighth day, he shall take two immaculate lambs, and a one-year-old female sheep without blemish, and three tenths of fine wheat flour, which has been sprinkled with oil, as a sacrifice, and separately, one twelfth hin of oil.

11 And whanne the preest, that purgith the man, hath set hym and alle hise thingis bifor the Lord, in the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, he schal take a lomb,

And when the priest purifying the man has presented him and all these things in the sight of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony,

12 and schal offre it for trespas, and schal offre the sextarie of oyle; and whanne alle thingis ben offrid bifor the Lord,

he shall take a lamb and offer it for transgression, with the twelfth hin of oil. And having offered all these before the Lord,

13 he schal offre the lomb, where the sacrifice for synne and the brent sacrifice is wont to be offrid, that is, in the hooli place; for as for synne so and for trespas the offryng perteyneth to the preest; it is hooli of the noumbre of hooli thingis.

he shall immolate the lamb, where the victim for sin is usually immolated with the holocaust, that is, in the holy place. For just as with the one for sin, so also the victim for transgression belongs to the priest. It is the Holy of holies.

14 And the preest schal take of the blood of sacrifice which is offrid for trespas, and schal putte on the laste part of the riyt eere `of hym which is clensid, and on the thumbis of the riyt hond and foot.

And taking some of the blood of the victim, which was immolated for transgression, the priest shall place it upon the tip of the right ear of him who is being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and likewise the foot.

15 And he schal putte of the sextarie of oyle in to his left hond,

And he shall send some of the twelfth hin of oil into his own left hand,

16 and he schal dippe the riyt fyngur therynne, and schal sprynge seuensithis bifor the Lord.

and he shall dip his right finger in it, and he shall sprinkle it in the sight of the Lord seven times.

17 Sotheli he schal schede that that is residue of the oile in the left hond, on the laste part of the riyt eere `of hym which is clensid, and on the thombis of the riyt hond and foot, and on the blood which is sched for trespas,

But the oil which remains in his left hand, he shall pour over the tip of the right ear of him who is being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand as well as the foot, and upon the blood which was shed for transgression,

18 and on the heed `of hym.

and upon his head.

19 And the preest schal preye for hym bifor the Lord, and schal make sacrifice for synne; thanne he schal offre brent sacrifice,

And he shall pray for him in the sight of the Lord, and he shall accomplish the sacrifice on behalf of sin. Then he shall immolate the holocaust,

20 and schal putte it in the auter with hise fletynge sacrifices, and the man schal be clensid riytfuli.

and place it upon the altar with its libations, and the man will be duly cleansed.

21 That if he is pore, and his hoond may not fynde tho thingis that ben seid, he schal take for trespas a lomb to offryng, that the preest preie for him, and the tenthe part of wheete flour spreynt togidire with oile in to sacrifice, and a sextarie of oile,

But if he is poor, and his hand is not able to find what has been said, he shall take a lamb as an offering for transgression, so that the priest may pray for him, and a tenth part of fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil, as a sacrifice, and a twelfth hin of oil,

22 and twei turtlis, ethir twei `briddis of culueris, of whiche oon be for synne, and the tothir in to brent sacrifice;

and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and the other as a holocaust.

23 and he schal offre tho in the eiytthe dai of his clensyng to the preest, at the dore of tabernacle of witnessyng bifor the Lord.

And he shall offer them on the eighth day of his purification to the priest at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony in the sight of the Lord.

24 And the preest schal take the lomb for trespas, and the sextarie of oile, and schal reise togidere;

And he, receiving the lamb for transgression, and the twelfth hin of oil, shall lift them up together.

25 and whanne the lomb is offrid, he schal putte of the blood therof on the laste part of the riyt eere `of hym that is clensid, and on the thumbis of his riyt hond and foot.

And when the lamb has been immolated, he shall place some of its blood upon the tip of the right ear of him who is being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, as well as the foot.

26 Sotheli the preest putte the part of oile in to his left hond,

Yet truly, he shall send part of the oil into his own left hand,

27 in which he schal dippe the fyngur of the riyt hond, and schal sprynge seuensithes ayens the Lord;

and dipping the finger of his right hand in it, he shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord.

28 and the preest schal touche the laste part of the riyt eere `of hym that is clensid, and the thombe of the riyt hond and foot, in the place of blood which is sched out for trespas.

And he shall touch the tip of the right ear of him who is being cleansed, and the thumb of his right hand, as well as the foot, in the place of the blood which was shed for transgression.

29 Sotheli he schal putte the tother part of oile, which is in the left hond, on the `heed of the man clensid, that he plese the Lord for hym.

But the remaining part of the oil which is in his left hand, he shall send upon the head of the one being purified, to appease the Lord on his behalf.

30 And he schal offre a turtle, ethir a culuer brid,

And he shall offer a turtledove or a young pigeon,

31 oon for trespas, and the tothir in to brent sacrifice, with her fletynge offryngis.

one for transgression, and the other as a holocaust, with their libations.

32 This is the sacrifice of a leprouse man, that may not haue alle thingis in to the clensyng of hym silf.

This is the sacrifice of a leper, who is not able to obtain all of the things concerning his cleansing.

33 And the Lord spak to Moises and Aaron, and seide,

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

34 Whanne ye han entrid in to the lond of Canaan, which lond Y schal yyue to you in to possessioun, if the wounde of lepre is in the housis,

When you will have entered into the land of Canaan, which I will give to you as a possession, if there is the mark of leprosy in a building,

35 he schal go, whos the hous is, `and schal telle to the preest, and schal seie, It semeth to me, that as a wound of lepre is in myn hous.

he whose house it is shall go and report to the priest, saying: “It seems to me that the mark of leprosy is in my house.”

36 And the preest schal comaunde, `that thei bere out of the hous alle thingis bifore that he entre in to it, `and me se where it be lepre, lest alle thingis that ben in the hows, be maad vnclene; and the preest schal entre aftirward, that he se the lepre of the hows.

And he shall instruct them to carry all things out of the house, before he would enter it and see whether it is leprosy, lest all that is in the house become unclean. And after this, he shall enter to examine the leprosy of the house.

37 And whanne he seeth in the wallis therof as litle valeis `foule bi palenesse, ethir bi reednesse, and lowere than the tother hiyere part,

And when he will have seen in its walls something like little hollows, deformed with paleness or redness, and lower than the remaining surface,

38 he schal go out at the dore of the hows, and anoon he schal close it bi seuene daies.

he shall exit by the door of the house, and immediately close it up for seven days.

39 And he schal turne ayen in the seuenthe day, and schal se it; if he fyndith that the lepre encreesside,

And returning on the seventh day, he shall examine it. If he finds that the leprosy has spread,

40 he schal comaunde that the stoonys be cast out, in whyche the lepre is, and that tho stonys be cast out of the citee in an vncleene place.

he shall order the stones in which the leprosy is, to be dug out and cast outside the city in an unclean place,

41 Sotheli he schal comaunde that thilke hows be rasid with ynne bi cumpas, and that the dust of the rasyng be spreynt without the citee, in an vnclene place,

and that the house be scraped on the inside all around, and that the dust of the scrapings be scattered outside the city in an unclean place,

42 and that othere stoonys be put ayen for these, that ben takun awey, and that the hows be daubid with othir morter.

and that other stones be put back, in place of those which had been taken away, and that the house be plastered with other mortar.

43 But if aftir that the stoonus ben takun awey, and the dust is borun out,

But if, after the stones have been dug out, and the dust wiped away, and it is plastered with other clay,

44 and othere erthe is daubid, the preest entrith, and seeth the lepre turned ayen, and the wallis spreynt with spottis, the lepre is stidfastly dwellynge, and the hows is vnclene;

the priest, upon entering, will have seen that the leprosy has returned, and that the walls are sprinkled with spots, then it is a persistent leprosy and the house is unclean.

45 which hows thei schulen destrye anoon, and thei schulen caste out of the citee, in an vnclene place, the stoonys therof, and the trees, and al the dust.

And so they shall promptly destroy it, and shall cast its stones and timber, and also all the dust, outside the town in an unclean place.

46 He that entrith in to the hous, whanne it is schit, schal be vnclene `til to euentid,

Whoever enters into the house when it is closed up shall be unclean until evening.

47 and he that slepith and etith ony thing therynne, schal waische hise clothis.

And whoever will have slept in it, or eaten anything, shall wash his clothes.

48 That if the preest entrith, and seeth that the lepre encreesside not in the hows, aftir that it was daubid the secounde tyme, he schal clense it; for heelthe is yoldun.

But if the priest, upon entering, will have seen that the leprosy has not spread in the house, after it had been newly plastered, he shall purify it, restoring it to health.

49 And in the clensyng therof he schal take twey sparewis, and `a tre of cedre, and `a reed threed, and isope.

And for its purification, he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and vermillion, as well as hyssop,

50 And whanne o sparewe is offrid in a vessel of erthe, on quyk watris,

and, having immolated one sparrow in an earthen vessel over living waters,

51 he schal take the `tre of cedre, and ysope, and reed threed, and the quyk sparewe, and he schal dippe alle thingis in the blood of the sparewe offrid, and in lyuynge watris;

he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living sparrow, and he shall dip all these in the blood of the immolated sparrow, and also in the living water, and he shall sprinkle the house seven times.

52 and he schal sprynge the hows seuen sithis; and he schal clense it as wel in the blood of the sparewe as in lyuynge watris, and in the quyk sparewe, and in the `tre of cedre, and in ysope, and `reed threed.

And he shall purify it as much with the blood of the sparrow as with the living water, and with the living sparrow, and the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the vermillion.

53 And whanne he hath left the sparewe to fle in to the feeld frely, he schal preye for the hows, and it schal be clensid riytfuli.

And when he has released the sparrow to fly freely away into the field, he shall pray for the house, and it shall be justly cleansed.

54 This is the lawe of al lepre,

This is the law of every kind of leprosy and plague:

55 and of smytyng, of lepre of clothis, and of housis,

of the leprosy of garments and houses,

56 of syngne of wounde, and of litle whelkis brekynge out, of spotte schynynge, and in colours chaungid in to dyuerse spices,

of scars and erupting pustules, of a shining spot, when the appearance is also variegated,

57 that it may be wist, what is cleene, ether uncleene.

so that it can be known at what time a thing is clean or unclean.